{"product_id":"thirteen-clocks-how-race-united-the-colonies-and-made-the-declaration-of-independence","title":"Thirteen Clocks: How Race United the Colonies and Made the Declaration of Independence","description":"\u003ch1\u003eThirteen Clocks: How Race United the Colonies and Made the Declaration of Independence\u003c\/h1\u003eRobert G Parkinson,Robert G Parkinson\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Omohundro Institute and Unc Press\u003cbr\u003eMay 10 2021\u003cbr\u003eEAN: 9781469662572\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 1469662574\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eItems marked as \u003cb\u003eWAREHOUSE\u003c\/b\u003e may take additional time to be delivered to your address or picked up in the store.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSynopsis: In his celebrated account of the origins of American unity, John Adams described July 1776 as the moment when thirteen clocks managed to strike at the same time. So how did these American colonies overcome long odds to create a durable union capable of declaring independence from Britain? In this powerful new history of the fifteen tense months that culminated in the Declaration of Independence, Robert G. Parkinson provides a troubling answer: racial fear. Tracing the circulation of information in the colonial news systems that linked patriot leaders and average colonists, Parkinson reveals how the system's participants constructed a compelling drama featuring virtuous men who suddenly found themselves threatened by ruthless Indians and defiant slaves acting on behalf of the king.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eParkinson argues that patriot leaders used racial prejudices to persuade Americans to declare independence. Between the Revolutionary War's start at Lexington and the Declaration, they broadcast any news they could find about Native Americans, enslaved Blacks, and Hessian mercenaries working with their British enemies. American independence thus owed less to the love of liberty than to the exploitation of colonial fears about race. \u003ci\u003eThirteen Clocks\u003c\/i\u003e offers an accessible history of the Revolution that uncovers the uncomfortable origins of the republic even as it speaks to our own moment.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"27th Letter Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67392784826413,"sku":"WHS-8efbb4bbb5604c869b027eb3bcfc59ce","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0673\/3588\/0749\/files\/original_c81c17ae-4072-442c-9170-33f4a2a95e70.jpg?v=1787367951","url":"https:\/\/27thletterbooks.com\/products\/thirteen-clocks-how-race-united-the-colonies-and-made-the-declaration-of-independence","provider":"27th Letter Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}